Weighing and delivery machine



March 28, MUSCH 1,903,263

I WEIGHING AND DELIVER MACHINE Filed Nov. 19, 1931 I j z 4? a 34 W /m 46 $7 L38 as Z4 22 2.9 9 43 J '32 14 v 53 34 a5 5 26 i 27 INVENTOR E'Muflch I 1E E 15 5v 1 13 ATTOIffiEYfi Patented Mar. 28, 1933 PATENT OFFICE FRANK MUSCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WEIGHING AND DELIVERY MACHINE Application filed November 19, 1931.

'Themain object of this invention is to provide a weighing and delivering device for use in combination with food-slicing machines,

such as ham, Bologna, cheese, and other slicers, whereby the proper weight of the sliced article is automatically delivered. The device might easily be provided with means whereby the slicer, if it is electrically operated, is automatically shut ofi when the 0 amount of material sliced has reached the desired weight.

Another object of the invention is the provision of such a device with a rotatable drum having radial shelf-like platforms projecting therefrom and adapted to receive the sliced material, the drum being rotatably supported on the end of a weighing beam, so that the drum will be rotated and the sliced material precipitated from its shelf, automatically 2 upon the weight of the material reaching a given set point.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral represents the base of the device, and at that end of the base which lies adjacent the slicer, vertical spaced-apart fingers 11 project upwardly. Nearthe middle of the base, vertical uprights 12 extend on'either side of the base, and their upper ends are provided with U-shaped extremities 13 hav .ing concave cam surfaces 14. A pointed pivot v15 rests on this surface, and balances a beam 16 thereon. The two beams 16 are oined by an arm 17, and an arm 18 extends from the midpoint of the arm 17 outward. The latter has a slidable weight 19 thereon, and its free end is limited in vertical movement by the set screw 20 and the bracket 21 supporting the screw.

A Vertical arm 26 having its upper end U- shaped, similarly to that of the upright 12, as shown at 22, has a pin 23 passing through the arms of the U and supporting on the pin a block 24 whose lower edge is concave. A

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pointed pivot 25, integral with the beam 16, supports the pivot 25 thereon. It is thus apparent that the arm 26 hangs like a balance from the end of the beams 16, which latter are themselves balanced upon the pivots 1514. In order to retainthe arm 26 in vertical position durin g rotation of the beams 16, a link 27 is pivoted at one end to theupright 12 and at the other to the arm 26, one on each side of the device.

Just below the pivots 25, in a vertical line, the arms 26 are provided with openings in which a shaft 28 is rotatably mounted. Integral with this shaft as an axis, a cage-like drum 29 is provided, the latter being composed of two intersecting rectangular frames 30 around which circular bands 31'pass, the frames lying at right angles to each other. Prongs 32 extend radially outward from the frames and provide four shelves spaced a quadrant apart, and adapted to receive the sliced material. A star wheel 33 is mounted on the shaft 28, having four fingers 34 extending radially outward in the same planes as the prongs 32. The end of each finger is indented at 35.

On the same side of the device on which the star wheel is mounted, an extension 36 is provided on the upright 12, and a horizontal arm 37 is pivotally mounted on the upper end thereof. A bracket 38 having adjustable stops 39 is mounted at the end of this arm, and the latter is provided With a slidable counterweight 40. The other end of this arm is bent into a widened U, and the free end is provided with a roller, as shown at 41 and 42, respectively. At the beginning of the bend 41, a pin 43 passes through the arm and pivotally supports ears 44 on a flat member 45, whose long side terminates near the roller and whose short side is checked by contact with the bent arm, as shown at'46.

The operation of the device is as follows. The device is placed next the slicing ma- 5 chine, with the fingers 11 against that side of the machine where the sliced material is dropped, and the shelf 32 extends over the base of the machine so that the slices will drop on the shelf as they are removed from the mapredetermined. When this weight is reached 7 by'the slices piling up on the shelf, the righthand side of the beam, that is,'members 16, will swing to the right about pivot 15. This will disengage finger 34 from roller l2, the latter having previouslybeen registering with detent 35. Thereupon thedrum 30 will rotate to the right, the prongs 34 ofthe same passing between the fingers 11, whereby the slices are deposited to the right offingers 11 on a sheetof paper or the like, as desired.

The weight of the slices on the shelf 32 causes rotation of the drum in the same direction, as mentioned, and the momentum. of this rotation'will carry the next finger 34 of the star wheel into position against the roller 42, where further rotation ischecked, the beams 16 having meanwhile returned to their original raised position because the weight of the slices has been removed. In achieving the new'position, the next finger 34 rides over the fiat surface of the member 45, and after passing completely over this surface. the right hand-end of this member falls back to the position shown in Fig. 1, thus preventing the finger 34: fromleavinga substantiallv vertical position. The checks 39 limit the movement of arm 37, and the slide weight 6 .0 may be moved to vary the sensitivity of action of i this arm. 7

It is to be noted that changes in form' and structure may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim; 7 j I i 1. 'A device of the class described comprising a beam, a pivot supporting said beam intermediate its length, means rotatably mounted on one end of said beam, adjustable weights on the other end of said beam,shelves extending from said rotatablemeans, means normally preventing rotation of said rotatable means, means on said rotatable means normally engaging said means for preventing rotation, said shelves being adapted to receive slices of a material being sliced, the weight of the slices thus received being predetermined by adjusting the said weights, said beam being tilted downward on the side containing the rotatable means when the weight of the received slices 'equalssaid predetermined weight, said downward movement causing disengagement of said normally engaging means from the means for preventing rotation and thereby allowing rotation of the rotatable means by the weight of received sliceson said shelves, and means for removing the received slices from said shelves.

2. A device of the class described comprisa material being sliced, the weight of the received slices being predetermined by adJuSting said weights, said beam being tilted downi I ward on the side containing the rotatable means when the weight of received slices equals the predetermined weight, said downward movement causing mutual release of said means which normally prevent rotation and'thereby allowing rotation of said rotatable means by the weight of the received slices slices from said shelves. V v

3. A device ofthe class described comprising a beam, a pivot supporting said beam intermediate its length, means rotatably mounted on one endv of said beam, adjustable weights on the other end of said beam, shelves extending from said rotatable means, means partly on said rotatable means and partly adjacent thereto for normally preventing r0.- tation of said rotatable means, said shelves being adapted one at a time to receive slices of a material being sliced, the weight of the received slices being predetermined by adjusting said weights, said beam being tilted downward on the side containing the rotatable means when the weight of received slices equals the predetermined weight, said downward movement causing mutual release of said means which normally prevent rotation and thereby allowing rotation of said rotatable means by the weight of the received slices on said shelves, means for removing on said shelves, and meansior removingv the 3 said slices from their shelf during said down-' ward movement, said shelves extending substantially radially outward from said rotatable means at spaced-apart distances 'from eachother, the said rotation of said rotatable means causing rotation of the next adjacent shelf into position to cause said rotation-preventing means to again prevent rotation of said rotatable means.

4. A device of the class described comprising a beam, a pivot supporting said beam intermediate its length, means rotatably mounted on one end of said beam comprising a substantially cylindrical cage having spaced-apart shelves extending radially from the axis thereof, means normally preventing rotation of said cage comprising an arm pivotally mounted above said beam having a neck on its extremity adapted to engage the extremity of each of said shelves, means for preventing reverse rotation of said cage, said shelves being adapted to receive slices of a material being sliced, the wei ht of the accumulated slices on one of sai shelves causing said end of said beam to descend to disengage said shelf extremity from said neck and causing rotation of said cage.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK MUSCH. 

